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Odd to focus on games when Seattle is propped up by a tech industry with people being overpaid by hundreds of thousands to make useless apps and websites. Indi
by friedturkey 5y ago
Odd to focus on games when Seattle is propped up by a tech industry with people being overpaid by hundreds of thousands to make useless apps and websites.
Indie game devs are usually making things at home during their downtime. As far as I know, there’s no volunteer hobbyist bridge repair club, so they’re not really taking away from anything. Meanwhile you have companies that have an easily replaceable service like Slack selling for nearly 30 billion dollars. That’s what’s swallowing up money and consuming the time of people who’d otherwise be making something useful.
- Mikeb85 5y agoThis. Games are IMO more valuable to society than quite a few startup products. Of course the real value of startups is in the money that employs people which then goes back into the economy, whether or not the startup survives.
- jbluepolarbear 5y agoIf the company hires you for a job and they’re happy with your work, you’re not overpaid. Companies are desperate for engineers that the price has inflated, the value of engineers has gone up because no one wants to make useless apps or websites without being paid.
- Shadonototra 5y agoor: they got so much in VC funding that they don't know what to do with the money anymore money incorrectly spread teachers starving, making an indecent low amount of money; as a result
- thewakalix 5y agoThe existence of VC funding is directly responsible for teachers starving? I don't see how that follows.
- JetSpiegel 5y agoTeacher's pension funds are part of the source of VC funds.
- jbluepolarbear 5y agoThat’s not how anything in tech works. No disrespect to teachers, but if they’re starving then maybe they should find a job that’ll pay their worth.
- rejor121 5y agoVolunteer hobbyist bridge clubs would be kinda cool. That said, part of the reason you don’t see them is because of licensing and certifications. And people don’t want to be responsible for peoples lives for free.